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8 in 10 disapprove of Calif., N.Y. lawmakers
By Stateline.org Staff Reports
TODAY’S TAKE: Americans’ views of Congress may be negative these days, but voters’ opinions of legislators in two of the nation’s most populous states — California and New York — are much lower.
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US: Rail stimulus funds to bypass Northeast
By Alan Wirzbicki, The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON -- The railroad tracks from Boston to Washington -- the busiest rail artery in the nation, and one that also carries America's only high-speed train, the Acela -- have been virtually shut out of $8 billion worth of federal stimulus money set aside for high-speed rail projects because of a strict environmental review required by the Obama administration.
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In response to recent shooting deaths, three state lawmakers say they want to ban the sale of military-style semi-automatic weapons in Washington. The lawmakers intend to propose the ban in the state legislative session that begins next month.
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State Farm has cut a deal with Florida regulators, reversing its plan to pull entirely out of the state's hurricane-prone property insurance market. Instead, the state's largest private homeowners insurer will drop 15 percent of that business, about 125,000 policies, and raise rates for the rest by 14.8 percent.
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There is an irony in Sen. Joseph Lieberman's stalwart opposition to any form of a healthcare public option: The state he represents, Connecticut, approved a statewide public health insurance system with a public option this year.
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